Showing posts with label elevated trains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elevated trains. Show all posts
Friday, December 2, 2016

How long until proposed Red Line extension turns local tempers all “red?”

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It is one of those projects that has been discussed for years – extending the Chicago Transit Authority elevated commuter train lines deepe...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Waiting for the ‘el’ or a bus, the quintessential Chicago experience

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We’ve all endured it, getting drenched by the rain or pelted by snowfall while standing at a street corner waiting for the damned bus that j...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Do we really need to read text messages while riding underground the city?

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I'd bet that when the subway tunnels were built in the early 1940s, no one thought they'd ever have to be upgraded for an improved...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Convenient? Or crowded? What about public buses brings out the worst in us?

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When it comes to the whole issue of “concealed carry” of firearms, the part that particularly astounds me are the people who have problems...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Some people compelled to complain

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Soon to be undergoing long-overdue repairs. Photograph provided by LHOON I write this during the weekend anticipating all the rants and...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Are cash-less cards unfair for regular users of mass transit programs?

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I remember the days when one actually got a reward at a gas station for using cash INSTEAD OF a credit card to pay for their motor fuel, I...